About 75 Teach for America teachers started work in Ohio schools this year. Now they’ll have something to wear. J. Crew is selling a $32.50 cotton t-shirt with a giant orange apple on the front to benefit Teach for America, Education Week reports. Teach for America places recent college graduates into high-poverty classrooms across America. Last [...]
After months of talks, the Cincinnati school district and charter schools in Northeastern and Southwestern Ohio have agreed to hire Teach for America teachers for the coming school year. Cincinnati is the only Ohio traditional public school district to sign on with Teach for America. But Teach for America’s Mike Wang, who leads the groups Ohio [...]
Duncan C. / Flickr This school year, about 200 people took Ohio’s alternative route to teaching. Alternative certification allows college graduates who didn’t major in education to get into the classroom and start teaching quickly. These career-changing teachers represent less than 1 percent of Ohio teachers. The National Council on Teacher Quality, a non-partisan group that [...]
This fall, as many as 100 Teach for America members could be working in Ohio schools. Teach for America places recent college graduates, many from elite colleges, into high-poverty classrooms across America. Mike Wang leads Teach for America’s efforts to expand in Ohio. He says the group’s focus now is on identifying school districts and [...]
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